WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 [Category: Biology] -- The Center for Biological Diversity posted the following news release: * * * 181 Businesses, Groups Urge Congress to Support REUSE Act * WASHINGTONMore than 180 recycling and reuse companies, environmental education organizations, and plastic pollution, climate justice, and environmental organizations from across the country are calling on legislators to support the Research for Environmental Uses and Sustainable Economies (REUSE) Act of 2025. The  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter, Wyden, Merkley, and Bonamici Secure Release of Portland Mother After Months of Unlawful ICE Detention * " I can't wait to hug my babies. And then I will get to work for others like me," said Jackie Merlos PORTLAND, OR Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that Jackie Merlos has been release  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter, Wyden, Merkley, and Bonamici Secure Release of Portland Mother After Months of Unlawful ICE Detention * "I can't wait to hug my babies. And then I will get to work for others like me," said Jackie Merlos PORTLAND, OR Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that Jackie Merlos has been released fr  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 27 -- Rep. Maxine Dexter, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Dexter, Wyden, Merkley, and Bonamici Secure Release of Portland Mother After Months of Unlawful ICE Detention * PORTLAND, OR Today, Congresswoman Maxine Dexter, M.D. (OR-03), Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and Congresswoman Suzanne Bonamici (OR-01) announced that Jackie Merlos has been released from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody following her prolonged and illegal detention  more

PORTLAND, Oregon, Oct. 28 -- Oregon Health and Science University issued the following news: * * * OHSU first in nation to use new, incisionless surgery to treat Parkinson's * Barely an hour after being wheeled into a clinical space at Oregon Health & Science University on Aug. 27, an Arkansas woman emerged with vastly improved symptoms of the Parkinson's disease that had plagued her for the past seven years. The procedure involved a type of brain surgery with no incisions at all. The in  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 29 -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Outdoor air pollution linked to higher incidence of breast cancer Women living in parts of the United States with lower air quality, especially neighborhoods with heavy emissions from motor vehicles, are more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a multiyear analysis involving more than 400,000 women and 28,000 breast cancer cases. The research, which included Veronica Irvin of the Oregon S  more

CORVALLIS, Oregon, Oct. 29 (TNSjou) -- Oregon State University issued the following news release: * * * Six-million-year-old ice discovered in Antarctica offers unprecedented window into a warmer Earth A team of U.S. scientists has discovered the oldest directly dated ice and air on the planet in the Allan Hills region of East Antarctica. By Michelle Klampe, 541-737-0784, michelle.klampe@oregonstate.edu The 6-million-year-old ice and the tiny air bubbles trapped inside it provide an unprece  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Rep. Andrea Salinas, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Salinas Signs Bipartisan Amicus Brief Challenging Trump's Unlawful and Inflationary Tariffs * Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said today he is leading Senate and House colleagues in filing a bipartisan amicus brief before the U.S. Supreme Court in the consolidated case challenging Donald Trump's unlawful use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to impose tariffs  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: * * * Wyden, Padilla Lead Colleagues in Slamming RFK Jr. for Purging Staff on Frontlines of Opioid Crisis * Letter follows mass layoffs from Trump administration during ongoing Republican government shutdown Washington, D.C. U.S. Senators Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Alex Padilla, D-Calif., today led their Democratic Senate colleagues in slamming the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary, Robert  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2025: * * * Wyden, Schumer, Warren Press Trump Administration on Fake IRS "CEO" Role, Warn That Bisignano Appointment Will Hurt Both IRS and Social Security Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) demanded answers today from the Trump administrati  more